Gun sight



C. POHL.

GUN SIGHT. APPLICATION FILED APR. 2l, 1920 Patented J/uly 4, 1922.

INVENTOR 'CHARLES Pom.

ATTORNEY trajftsmaa PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES POHL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

GUN SIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1922.

Application filed April 21, 1920. Serial No. 375,451.

T0 all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that l, CHARLES Por-IL, a citiren of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gun Sights, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a gun sight which is especially applicable foruse on the types of guns employed by hunters, such as shot guns and thelike.

lt is the object of this invention to provide a gun sight which isparticularly adapted for sighting a moving object, whereby the objectmay be covered while in motion and the shot fired such distance inadvance of the object as to compensate for distance traversed therebyafter discharge of the gun, thereby reducing the possibility of a miss.

Another object is to provide a gun sight of the above character which isso formed that on covering the object through the sight the gun may bepointed at points various distances in advance of the object accordingto the judgment of the marksman.

A further object is to provide a gun sight of the class specified whichmay be readily 'applied to the ordinary double barrel shot guns andadjusted to various positions thereon according to the range desired.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of a gun showing the gun sight asapplied.

Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the operation of theinvention.

Figure 3 is a view of the gun sight as seen in front elevation.

Figure 4 is a view in horizontal section as seen on the line 4 4 ofFigure 3.

More specifically 5 and 6 indicate the barrels of a shot gun, and '7designates the sight ridge extending lengthwise of the barrels on theupper side thereof, and which sight ridge is formed with side wallsslightly tapered inwardly from their upper edges.

In carrying out my invention I provide a bar 8 adapted to be mounted onthe gun barrels to extend transversally thereof, and for which purposethe under side of the bar is formed with a pair of concave faces 9 and10 adapted to seat on and conform to the upper curved surfaces of thegun barrels, as shown in Figure 3, and is also formed with a recess 11to receive the ridge 7 and which recess is formed with inclined sidewalls 12 adapted to conform to the side walls of the ridge 7. The ridgeis tapered lengthwise of the gun barrels so that its outer portion isnarrower than the inner portion thereof, which permits the bar beingpositioned with the recess 1l disposed astride the ridge at a pointwhere the latter is suiiiciently narrow to enter the recess so that onsliding the bar toward the gun stock the side walls of the ridge will bebroughtinto frietional engagement with the side walls 12 forming a dovetail connection between the bar and gun, thus rigidly holding the bar inplace.

formed in the bar intermediate its ends is a sight opening 14 whichopens at its lower portion to the upper face of the sight ridge 7, sothat sight may be taken along the ridge in the ordinary manner, andformed through the bar on each side of the centra-l opening 14 is a.series of sight openings 15 of any suitable number and which openingsare disposed on the same plane and are formed on a radius struck from apoint on a center line passing through the center of the intermediatesight opening 14 and constituting the center line of the sight ridge,the radial point corresponding to the ordinary position of the eye insighting along the sight ridge. The oblique sight openings on one sideof the center of the bar thus extend in directions at angles to those onthe other side, as indicated on an exaggerated scale in Figure 4.

These sight openings 15 are designed to be employed in sighting anobject moving in substantially a horizontal direction as will be later'described. For the purpose of sighting an object moving in substantiallya vertical direction the bar is formed with a central upwardly extendingpoint or tip 16 and a sight opening 17 positioned intermediate the tipand the central opening 14.

In the operation of the invention the sight is applied to the gunbarrels as before described and is disposed thereon according to theposition of the eye in relation to the radial sight openings 15 so thatthe line of sight would pass centrally through any one of the openings.The normal or proper position of the sight on the gun may be determinedby forming the latter with indicia or gauge marks 19, as shown in Figure1, which marks may be graduated to enable disposing of the sight atvarious positions according to the range.

In firing at a moving object the marksthe marksman would ordinarilysight the gun along the sight ridge at a point about 8 lcet in advanceof the bird. In using my gunsight, the marksman would cover the birdthrough the end sight opening 15 on the lel't hand end ot the bar. Oncovering the bird through this opening the gun would be pointed towardsa point about eight feet in `lront of the bird, so that on {irinnr thecharge, the shot and the bird would reacth such point at substantiallythe same time, thus insuring against a miss. In like manner the marksmanon judging the distance and speed of the bird would employ any one ofthe sight openings accordingly, as indicated diagrammaticalzly in Figure2.

In the event the bird dropped substantially vertical the marksman wouldtake sight either over the tip 16 or through the sight opening 17according to the distance of the bird.

In taking aim with the gun sight the bead 2() at the gun tip is notemployed except on li ring point blank, at which time it would be usedin the ordinary manner and sight taken along the ridge 7 through theopening 14. Bv shiftinfr the ruin 'fr away irom the normal position oftheveyemthe dilines a in Figure 2 the line of sight will diverge at agreater angle relative to the gun barrel, and by moving it further awaythe lines ol? sight would extend at lesser angles.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided a simple gunsight for facilitating firing at a moving object which can be readilyapplied and easily operated.

While I have shown and described a speciic embodiment of my invention, Ido not limit myself to the exact details of the c0nstruction shown, butmay resort to any modifications or changes thereof, as occasion mayrequire and as may come Within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A gun sight comprising a bar adapted to be positioned transversely ofa gun barrel and formed With @seriesowf'wsigght openings arranged in arowiextending on tlie`'1'posite sides of the center and radially from apoint on a line passing through the center of the bar at right anglesthereto.

2. In a gun sight, the combination with a gun having a sight ridge, abar, and means formed on said bar :for engaging said sight ridge todispose the bar transversely of the gun, said bar being formed with arow of sight openings with a central opening open at its under side tothe upper face of the sight ridge, and with the openings on the oppositesides of the center opening diverging progressively on radii struck froma remote point on a line extending centrally of the sight ridge.

CHARLES POI-IL.

